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1. The ~,nty -tifth . e a llton of the C~ h . l on/.l:J't,enth . " t,lno of the Conferenc e of Minister. "all held "t Tripoli . the Gre a t Socia l ist Peopl,'H ~lbyan Arab J•••hirlye tIa. 15 to 19 Hay 1990. The He etin~ was f~r ~dl1 y opened by Hia Ex ce l l ency Stafr Maj or Abdu

Sal •• Ah.ed Jaloud. PIh!.. !'linhl.r and ~l.."'ber or rne Great Al ratah Revoluti o n. St . t e ~ o n t8 ",ro . 1' 0 deliverod at tho ope ni nq ceI• .ony by Mr. Ad.bayo "dudej ! . Exec u tive Secret ar y of the EconOll.lc Co . .t••lo n

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Oe.ocrati c Republic of Ethiopi a, ou tll'o l n g Ch a i rMa n er the twenty-tifth ses s i on of tile COMM iee ion. A Messa Q<! frOM the Secret a r y-Ge ne r a l of the United 'Hltlone. H.I!:. I1r . Javi er Pere. de Cue l l a r wa:! re a d by Mr . A.

Illanca. Dire ctor-Gene ral for De v elop~ent and In t e r n a t i o nal EeonOli tc Co-ope r a t ion. Hie Exce llency. Mr . Ras heed £1 Gazawl, Mini . te r ot Planning of Mo r occo Moved a vot e of tha nk s on beha l f of II I the del&gate8•

2. The Mee tinQ wae attended by repre8entativee of the fol 10w1nQ .- State 8 eeMbera of the COIIMi 88 ion : Algeria. Angola. Botlwa na , aurkina Faao , Ca-eroon, tbe Congo, DjiboutI, E<;lypt, Ethiopia, Ghana, the Ga.Mb i d. Gu. i nea, Ken y a . the Libyan Arab JaMa'h,lriy·a.

Hadaqa8 car . H",la.,i. Hali. Hauritlilnilli . aereeee, Ho:ru .b i q ue , the HiQer, Nigeria , Rwan d a. Sen ega l. SOMa l ia. the Sud a n, Tchad. T090 . Tunilli a . Uq and a. the United Republ i c of Tanz a n i•• Z... bi • •nd Z.. i re.

J. Obeervers f rca the foll o"ing St . t ell leMber 8 of the United Nationll. not le.bere of the COMMi llsio n. were proeent: Arventina, AU8t ria, Bulgaria. Cze cho li o va ll:ia. Cu b a, Pinland . fr.nce . the GerMan DeMocratic Repu bli c . Gerlany. Federal Republi c of . Gr e e c e.

Ind ia. Ira n. Japan, Malaysia . Philippines . ROIIani., Sou t h Korea,

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Ci ...) U f ect iv enes s of Technlc. l As"l et ..nce Proqr. . ...e t n Af r lc e.

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political ,.11 1 to ;>roouc e eeee e er e ect tcna "," J prfJoO ralllDlQ8. Th e _atab i ith.om ! ut ^et^;'l ^..nJlbl in9 envh u(lI:h'.nt, In('l ud in\J I hI> Inat i tution of <!.u.ocr. cy. til.. estabil s hlll<."'.t or poputar nl';fl.~'I1", the ..t rlf l\Qt h o n t ng ot "n-uperall Qn, t.hi ' rj"\ o l c'f' nltl nt of ^t ranspor^t .tnri coaemntcatfone .1nd of gEOlluinn reLe rfcnu vi t h the r eal et th e "orhi

"ere Il11porlil nt ..1(" O\en1 a ir: rhe ",arch tqn, .t,·d. The Afr ican [cono.i...

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tns r ance, after th O) _.1U'~':_"'_.·HI vr th.. Cit r evof ut rcn led by Lihya

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blac t and ara b Afri (' a n counrr tee (ollo\ol t l1';1 t il .. {or....t:(o" of th., :O:ay h rQb '\r..b Uniun. h"d _ha_{at ~n('d} eo create t..n.. io ns l>et~een Sen~9d~

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19. ':1\ere we r e lI1x eeeie pron9$ 1n the !orliard aarch to t ra nafOMl"tJo n. fi r. t . U r l ca neeel ed t o take a hard look al anel ac t de ch i vely on the cr i t ical a" eI \-i t d i8Buea of d.".OC'r ac:y . accollllt a b ll lly an el rul l lo>'ol ...^{<) ....}nl of the Afr ic lln J'!Opul atlon In the proo;.,$e of their eltI...lop. "'nt . Sec ",ndly, each count ry . uet elevelop anel aelopt a nati on al polJ~r tr3me~ork c:un s lat o nt ...i lh kAF·

S",P anel . ed i um· tera ph n . . Third ly . AAF- SAP Dust bt<= -e 8 houaeho ld ...orlel. and .. ...idol l' acc~8 8 ib l e blueprin t ..nel guieleUne.

Po ur th ly .. lub reo;J io nal app roa;::h to MF-S",P aUl:t ^bot ^..dopted , Th..

fi ft h prano;! ...I!l ,,"ft lng pottc v imr t rUIl'l"n t a r i "ht b)' r!olli9 n l ng , ro r a u 18t lnq and IIPlIlylng only tho " e policy inal rua. n tB th a t w"re appropria te to IIp..d r i c eccnoe re and ooda l ",j lj "~ ,,, ; ~nd the oh th wa . til., cre at ton of • ra...o~r..bl~ and MOr o conduciv.. i n t .. rn 3 t l o na l econQ<lic "n"'irons ..nt tt>. t h d l1lat . " policy r"fo r e " ror accro- eeenoe te recover y "lid t r a nl for sal ion .

:10. In "pite or tile eeee, "'ITlc~ e"at con tinue to ",utau .. all avai lab le evenuee and st ra te<;l1e6 [or re s olvinq lIu,,1I cr1tlcflL i,, "u e . , Whi l e It "'lO ll tll POrto n t to rCCOQnt ze the dango r of borro...in", on "bor t ·lera for lon",- t..rll pr o J ect s or at floa t in g hllerast rat.... tor le ryelr u"producth 'c pro j " ct s , It lo'a8 eq u al lr ia porten t. to inal"t on " re\'1" ... or tho .. coeeerc and fl nan'.·1..1 POw"r currsnt ly o",erci".. d by Ih. Ilr"'lto n ioioods ins tltu tlone on the Africa n 8<)On _ l.a wi t h a vi ew to red "c tnQ t he i r d...,. ln~n"" of Africa'" ..<:'On",.i" "o stin ~. Th.. dunar ee en t r te e lIu~t ~ . a d" to . ....

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probl... of th.. mllitilt~ rlli d<>bt.. 1Il1ls t tm to wr it ~ ot r or eeec n ee u te them. The wOlld ~uul. in the 1990 ~. •.,vu aWIlY fro~ qttort direct ed

.;It p' fi rHI,v:'!rl'! 01,tot to 011 »t.m trtcen e lind ~ub st 'l n"1al r ..doer ton in lhe :sto~k of debt . lJrg"'nt. eet tcn wall 0111 00 ne...ded to incre ase

re/l"Ur~e ' lo wa tv At r tca ^nil d comlll" s1 vf,al ba ...ill tor- 10n g- tfOr.

dev8loplllen t.

21. Th e .ain ccecercn ,",UI . ..hether the people of Afrlc<l, thei r Ov\'ernll'cnts and h "d @Ole eou l d JIlu lltt r enough pott t tceI ..i ll to ensure the ellergenc e of th .. new Atr ica during this de c ade .

22. The ....(lsle t a nt Seerf>t a ry- r, e ne ril l of 0.\ 1.' stat ed that the haRti ng by LI by a tor eeconu tillO! of the CCA Conference of Min i s t e r s was iI

d... onstrat1on of thllt f't>unt rv 'c eOll'll' i t lll" n t to th e teeei e of .\f d ean ct>-operotion lind 1n t~grat ion. He undeelined tho co- o pe r a t io n and collaboriltion betwe en O....t' and EC.... . 'rue i e sue ::: \;h ! ,.h t h e Lat ^ter-

con~id+! red ve re often ueee "s inruts fr)r the Meetings of th e ....sselllh l~· of Helld"" of SI.ll t *, and nover u e e n t of tbe OJoU.

23, He reviewed the ..ajor develoP1Jl ..nts taking place t.hrouqncut me wor l d f n c Lud dnq th.. oll'ergenc (' of ec o ncwre or tnlding blo c". onrl tht!

political and

s c ofo -ecceeete

develC>Dllellt9 10 taetetn Eur<>p('. 3.nd

"pointed to their poss ib le ^c^{oria ..}quenCc!.l {'n Afri ca. H(" conllide r"d th~ indepond<'lnee of ~alllibh ^oⁿ ²¹ ^'t^arch ¹⁹⁹⁰ and t.he release of Nolepn MandpLI on 11 fl'brual"Y 19 9 11 ^t(\ he "fOlc",", 8ign" lor the deca d (' ot the 19908_

24, The b ..qinninq of the 1990 . wan ,,1:1 0 an oppor tu ne time to re v i e w the 19 ~ Os and JIl8p Ollt future utr <lt c 'J i ell. 11'11'11", the l 'l PO,l we r e a ~lost d'''l ade~, due eecomtt rc n shuu l d be c rven to tile Illajor

d~ v e l<)plll cn t llt r.lt OQtf't1 ..,f t ee !ll,riO<.l , s"e h .13 the lllqu" Pl an of act ten oiDd the Final Act or i.eccs• APPER, UN-P... ERD, Atrica 's

Corll~on Posit!"" on tho t::<tur n:ol Debt cr tote .lnrl t h<> a<j()ptioll of th p ....fric ...n ....l tern at ive to the Structural Adjust~en t Prog r am. ee (AAf-

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SAP ) . He dr",.. att en t Lon to tho) dava::! t" tin<J drou gh t, the plagu e ,,.(

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such as in tp rn<ll cont i tcte ,md di::;~'ut '~ 8 wa" eea ..nt l al. and he hoped l'''~.bt' l Stat...", ho ...ld Mld ,ol'\lo Ih". " "lv GtI to t.ho".. issu e" .

2(? Il~ s t reee..d th" n"ll'd to create an ~lI i1b Itng en\' i ro nment toe

ec o c rer et.e e ..o" Jo-octl no mi.. d<it \ ·cl (.p.e nt and ..rn:r:lIH'ato:: l1 papIllar

par tic ipdti o n and th .. _r~_p_ti_nt_l _ion or tha purpo s " and objectives uf GowHfllM' nt \"ls-b-ds til", .jcver-u-d ",,. cca c of the tac t.oes for consfderat ton . Tho de bt crls i ll ilnd th.., uncer eatn I ..vel of ('xpo rt priet·s and ear nil1g" lIl,so 1'''''lIi r", d 10 b~ an dress f'<.! .

27 . f'il1 ally . hI'! revaevec til.. intr a- U ric.ln co- ocoret tcn ann

inl e gr ~t i o n pftolt.o ot the 198 ~~ in the cst~bli&hm en t of cc~no~ir.

Qrou l' inqs and t "st ttu t iC'nB . ThODe Lnst t t uttcn s cer-e too many ,

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Jupl i<:ati \"<, In n" t u r,' "I, d ] ·,cl:" ,1 , ff..cl;\'C t LnanctaI l'H' Ilport and ha d to bE' . 'l'E'a t r uet u r ..d "nd r"'-O'l'i,,"ten to r,1cilitat.. the '. achi " ""Ilf<nl uf th" Afr ican Ec:onOh,ic COlllllllllli t}·.

2A, COlllrad " !'1,n 'I'l<- Eji<,/ u • .,tll i.'-'t'~ r (If Planning of Ethiop ia and

olltg ning Ch"irlll;}n ...,( tho l"o.,;nt('!" ('TI '~~ 'll atco1 th<lt ^t hcre ... a oian';lllr th<1t tho .lt t"nt inn ot th.. intor natl.Olhd comlQullity mi<;lht bl! r ccue ea

011 t h.. (:.l;l'1111'1 tOl_,a tll.'r 0f tho:> East. olml 1\":Jt i n d n,..", poli t!r;-,, ~

'l l ignll"!'l~. "nd that t h.. sc might be a shift J" ' Y frolll tho .\ge-old

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111ft to deal, a jone, ..ith tht' _lI_{~h il l} t " l );; 01 _a_c_hio,'_{i "~} OC'OoOll ic d" vIII l oplllent aljl.J in st th e bac kd rop ot IIx~ lo. iv. popu la ti u n IjIro... th oInd .. nv ir onlllenllli deoradlltloo. Af riClI lIIu" t d" ita "t~t tn kNIP Afri can prob 1eM9 un the ~conc.ic ~q~"aol

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th~ .ajor donur cou n l ritn,. 1n the fnu r t.h unrtee :IIat10 "II De ,'el cpn "ln t ue c eu c , t hel' lIl\lst cont inu e to exert pres sure nil th.. ...or ld eo. .unity to hon tlur Its (:o . lIn .,mt to Af r i c a "nd. all a lIIini lll ulII , l'loutl c 1"0.' tlo..-s to Africa n LDCll b~' thlt lIlid-1990s . Ther IIIUOI t ,,180 co n t i n u e to prus9 lor easier acces s for the ir exports to d~\'''ll op~ count r-v Ill"rke ts ; for an inclu8ion uf sq r!c u l t u r ", l cO.Ik~it iD~ into the GATT Dch e . u, for the reecve r of pol1<:~ coudf t Iona l t t fae on ml.llti h t..r~l 10an9; for th e unt,'ln9 of bllllterlll lI1d {rom eo u t- ce e or O<lPP1\': and for e lIIu8tainod transf er of oIppro priil t e t echnologh ·o; t hrouq h thG l'n!t (ld

~at i on. ayete. to Afr ica.

29. On e as p ect of th.. ocono. ic trundo of the 19806 ~ati t.h a l ~u b

Saharan .\C ri ea had (llllero ('d of9 the ncono~ica ll l Loa at d ..,"()oped and the MO. t vulnerab lo part of the globe . Th~ recen t QVent6 1n rurop~

shou ld not dh'ert H ricarls trce uoo1erta"i ll9 ^.J; IIIcre co.p[l~h (' nll i\<'

eXl:l/ll ination and evel<l4tion of th e econOlli ~ PQl1c ill:s adop t",d in the ,l ast dpcftde, nor rro. ftn~ly.in9 br~dcr t rend s in the ~orld ~conOlllY

1o<h ich had , des"ite 9r0 1o< 1n<] intra-develop inq cou n t r y di sparit1..e, .i,ge T1l!rllted prob1fo" . 1o<htc h "ere coaeon to .\f ric a o ar.d noo - .'(ric«o

couo t ri... lIli ).e . "r r tca h"d to $ef'k ~n 9r01.l0" Ioith ot he r . develop fn ... col.lntr tea on "ud , is sue s as d",bt [e.~h".h, 1 in., or co. pe nsatory ache.. . try otofbiltze export re v enue ~nd teport vol u8es, tr4nllror or t~ chnol ogr and t e chnic a l ~0-op~r8li on.

30. It lOa s s i g nH i c ,mt to n>:ltt' that q" v<l'rl1l1el1ts and doncr aqen ci'Jo slike had hogun to dppr8 cia te the urq"m: y ol ","c"",, <J 1nQ :Jpect ll l priu rit,· .to re . oving 10nO t"' r m nteuct. ura I ccne t eatn t.e ouc- h all blOh pop ulllt1on Ilrowth, all\"1ro lll""n t a l <.\"'lr..dIJU oI, dnd roocl inIl8curlt" .

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• t ho wer rer e of the lion, "1I1n e r,1bl~ O"qIlentll or .ociety . The i••'•• o of eeeecetc lI"na,-,~·.utnt . hUMdn rcro u r".8 .,.. ,'..loPII Bt'lt and th ..

approprlat~ -enabllaq en,lro~ent- within whi,h dl~.rB. tv~. ~f

bu.i n er.1'I lIioht flourillh ..-or., i uc r".'f1 i r.oJ ly ~'~'M i ng to th .. for" in the pcj Lcy rero re age nda for th~ 19900. Th ., rec ent co nv e r OJ otncr.' of vh n ;I' .nJ th.. eftort put into th o prcpoIraUoll lind ..rticulat i c>Il (.of

vi e l/o C'On U i n~ In v.r ·SAP had , tn 1.1r9 0 • •,1I1Ure, con t ri but .d to the chiln..,in~ <IltitudRtl to "frl c~n dcvclopIlIont 1>rcbl".o. , ,,"'jor con t ri bution of ,.I., Ar·9.\ \, lOas 10 :lho\; pr..ctBlI1~· th 4t t'C'l nOlolic ad jullu. ",nt proyr lllllloB

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^tô ^bo ^both ⁿô^{t i}ô^{n oll}⁾^1)· ^co^{ne.. r}^vee ^"n,1 Îltd

11'1 or d e r V. neve euy .. holncJl f')f UU<:C"'81l. Th... quelitl on hlld not been whe th.. r ('cono,dc: tra n llConnal lnn ,",11: ne <:o lOl,lIr y t.ur wllolt typ..· nt er.rucw rei t r ans rcreat tcn ","'. lIpprOpri o1te to ,U rie .ll1 condt t Iona,

Toge t hfll' ..ith tho I\Il<l r v ,u. _Os.c_{i~ rlltion}_, AM'· S.' P had ouc ce ,,\lo:d in d ...,"trllti n9 t.hat .. eenoerc t renercre et tcn progr amM"G .ust be lIO orQanizad -Ill not to di.inieh tho d ready, dto-IlI11 1 ll"d !ll a of oacid welfare expe nd ltu re in .\Cr l c a. It providod 01 \"fohi cle throu<Jh l,hich

~[r ican dia.o1t l . t .ctt on wi t h Oltllodnx B~P. ooul d be ~oic.,d.

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31. A8 they entcreu th(' fi n a l der. old e of th., contur y , developtoent per-tner s Must buil d upon the ccnvers e nce _t_{llo ~'} had 110 stea dily / reac h ed. Four iMPf'rtan t prtrv~ipl. " IIh<'lu l d 'l0" e rn th e forMulati on of eccn....1.. poll r.~· 1n tl10 cOIIIln.., ae e..de . Firnt , the rllte of growth of total producti o n hold to bo bot h accele.at ed and placed on

~ gel f-eu Dtainl nu ba~t". Sa<'Ond, incre ~~ ee in 'he ratc of .~on....ic growt h had to t>., . <"eOllop"nlou<1 _l>_~' consl d e r a l i('!la of econ Cdl i c justlr.a.

~ both in the cond ..C't r.f tn''' I Dalio n",l ,,("<;>notl l <: ~lu:)· and

or9 01nl~a tion ot intfflrnlltiun~l ir.el l. t u tl n nA , a. . . .el l 'liS i n llle

do~ a . t ic aphe r fil. Thl~~ , ~Il &h~u l d r.h ~r~ a cc.llon cun~('rn tor the env iron_ "n t ; lind ~ou rlh, ~fri("ao Munt han- ItII t .ll r 'lh3 re ot thlo

technol09 i~al r~yol~tjnn ..hl~ h kdG rapidly lr an~fo r Mlr.q production _ t hoda. It had to ch ,1 nq e frUli b<olnQ d .... rt: onlookffl r or an in noce nt \ i e t l~ of l~bour-dIIlPlacino te chnologie s and pruduct

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"Uh. t l tu tion. ·,,,,1 b<><'-ato.. .on l" t.. r":1tot'J p..rtlcip.nt In th e e r anctes-

an~ ~d 3 pta ti on of extdt in q tech nol<'9tP ~ tn its dov~lo~.nt needs .

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to) rlllne tnvea re eut 1",,\""1 dqni Uc-l ntI\". Co "p'lison' lllolrket'inq Quntall flJr fara ho'u e ht:'IufI 11011 bee n dh " ' u1Qn"d; ..eve . ..nt of grain '11'.1 l ..bou r aceo.. ;; rO<J10:l8 h(ld bee n 11Lel:dllzOld ; porlllanltnt ueuj r cct

r1q hl s to i.,nd hold be ":1 'Jran t""i MId prj\'lItP pr-ope-r-t v righlG t.o urtoe n l:1nd and prope:r t\ r~' eogni z.. d . .\ 1 1 "n lfll prilJen wor e expoct ee to operaro "n til" pr incipl":'l of c" ",pu ttlln.·Il<· ' o .. tid profit.llbilil)·. Th" cert ee or n"tion.l 1 injti ~tl\"e8 <1'1:lli<j ncd to .)\·ltrc<)ll~ I(lnq-Ior a etr u<;t u r ol l <....nlll r••lnt 8 In~l..tled " ''11ll.M r 01 IIp (' ei,,1 net tonaI PI'O<) r " II'",,' 9 on food l..tclJ rit~". dis"lItOI pllOp.uoo nellll . ....plo y. ot nt l;jenarati on . co n a or vet Lon .n.d pOI.'Ul d U Oll -:,.,n t rvl .

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f.lEe A/C:1.l61L Pag", 19 the Af r i c" " Re~ i ona1 Confere nce on fnvil."on",ent >lnd SUGtllln"b l"

nev etcpeent held In June 19 8 9 in !\<Il1pf. l a, l'gllndll.

41 . The debt overhan<l r""<I i ned the .,o"t critical ob.lilta cle to qro"'th and de v eIClp.e nt In the r"gion. The at ock 01 debt Should be reduce d i f Afri ca was to eemeve la s ting eccncarc reccver

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I t W,lll enco u ra ging to note th a t the •• j<,>r <::l."editor CC1un t rie ll ha d

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terma with tt.i n re>llit y.

;t':o!. In coecjuafon, the Secre ta r}'-Ge "el."dl -ere eeee to the reports on th r ee lIajo r yenc ritl policy instrulllents t.o oe used within the context

o t

the Af rican ~l ter nat i ve fr~.e",or k for Structural Adjulltm ent t'rogra.""."'. (M f-SAP I. -rnoee rnst r-ue e nt e dea l t o;lth

~ul tiple exch~nge ra te s , dif te rent ial int er es t rate p0l i c l e a and prod ucti o n &1I08i l1 i\<lI. The con troverey recent ly crE'ated b}' the poor re s ul t s of orthodox SAPII 9ho~ed t~ a t the eff ica cy of su~h

progra•• es was be ing quest i on ed. At t it udes w@re chan9i nq and a noy app roach ...-I S bein q ado pted to take into ac c ount the tape ratt ve neee for so cia- ec onomic transf ormation in ~fric~.

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4). Spe ak ing on beh al f of th e pa rt ic i~la nt D, Hi e exeeri ene y nr• Rashee d El Ga'l(a wi. ~l1nill ter of Pla nn i n g of Mo r occ o , IIvvcd d vote of thllnks to the peop le , Gove r n ~ll nt and p'l.I:ticularl}' ," 0 the Lelld er of th e creer Se pt emhe r Re vo l u ti on af th e nre et Llb}'an ....ree J.ui"'h i riya

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th.. ;/a nl and tr at er n a l hOllpita l it )' of f'll, .,d to al l d.l llos l lle and (or the facilities pla ced at the di tlPQs d 01 th..

Conf er" l'Ice.

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4L .He BU teO. that the stat e ..en t rlelhered by coe e ed e Staff :-laj')r Ja looo shOU ld Le cone i dered lUI a coep r- e he ne rve outLe ek of the Afric':'n proble ms part l c u l ar h ' when he anal}'.ed en .. challen';l e a IICad hy Afric an cou ntr ieo. Tho ge count r ieg had to crYllta lllz e th e i r COllllllt t .e nts to tr an s late M Y- SAl' i nto rea l deveIopment .lind t r l!l n s(or..1 t:l on.